Rail joint



C. PASCAL RAIL JOINT Nov. 25; 192,

Filgd Segt 12 was Patented Nov. 25, 1924.

CHARLES PASCAL, 0F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

RAIL JOINT.

Application filed September 17, 1923. Serial No. 663,172.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES PASCAL, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at the city of Montreal, in the rovince of Quebec, in the Dominion. of Canada, have invented a new and useful Rail Joint, of which the following is the specification.

described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel features of construction pointed out broadly and specifically in the claim for novelty following a description containing an explanation in detail of an acceptable form of the invention.

The objects of the invention are to still further improve the construction described in Letters Patent of the United States Number 1399572 of December 6, 1921, and Number 1442291 of January 16, 1923, to insure safety so far as the road bed is concerned for persons and property carried by railways in the course of their affairs; to eliminate any excessive vibration in the passage of the railway vehicles usually due to imperfect joints; to eflect economy in the maintenance of railways; to facilitate the installation of the rails in the construction of the way; and generally to provide a safe durable and eflicient joint for railway rails.

Figure 1 is a perspective detail of the base of the joint.

Figure 2 is a perspective detail of the joint plate.

Figure 3 is a sectional perspective view of the assembled joint.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawings, the base 1 is inwardly turned at its longitudinal edge 2 to form the flange 3 and rail base recess 4, the latter receiving the rails the bases of which at one side 7 extend under the flange 3 and abut the extreme inner wall as well as the top and bottom walls, the other side 8 of the rail bases extending towards the tudinal edge of said base.

The rails at their meeting ends are 0011- nected by the joint plates 28' and 29 and base 1, the bolts 27 and nuts 26 securing said plates to the rails and to one another 1 through the rails. The joint plate 29 has The invention relates to a rail joint as the flange 25 from its lower end extending over the section 8 of the rail bases and this flange is offset at 30 downwardly to form an abutment for the edge of the rail base section 8. The flange 25 continues from. this oflset 30 in the extension 31, which lies flat on the joint base 1 and at the edge is formed with the inwardly extending slots 34 adapted to register with the bolt holes 9 and through which the bolts 32 extend being held by the nuts 33 in the upper side oi the extension 31.

In the installation of this joint the rail ends are brought together in the midway of the length of the joint base and the section 7 of the base inserted in the recess 4. The joint plates 28 and 29 are then placed in position and fastened by bolts and nuts, which brings the offset 30 to the rail base.

The remaining bolts and nuts are then added to join the flange extension to the joint base, thereby substantially tying the rails together in a long string independently of the ties in the roadbed.

What I claim is In a rail joint, a joint base having an upwardly and inwardly extending flange along one side forming a rail base recess, and a joint plate having a flange adapted to extend over the bases of the rails and offset downwardly to form an abutment for the rail bases and slotted inwardly to form bolt slots registering with holes in said joint base, and adapted to be secured to the latter by bolts and nuts and a cooperating joint late. p Signed at Montreal, Canada, this 14 day of September, 1923.

CHARLES PASCAL. 

